02-02-2008, 04:20 PM
Please everyone, list your elevation (James, I don't "do" metric....LOL! But I do know where 6th is in HPP, so you're pretty close to sea level).... anyhow, it makes such a difference to know the elevation, so please, list it when you post on this topic! 'Cause us newbies are trying like the dickens to get stuff to grow, and it doesn't help to know that someone can grow corn without knowing their altitude!!!! PLEASE!! I'm desperate here!! LOL!
So...up here in Eden Roc (approx. 1800' elevation) and just starting things as of October, I have:
mizuna
tatsoi
Black seeded Simpson lettuce (just a few plants survived the rains, but these are amazingly doing rather well...but I did start some Manoa seedlings, too...hope they do better than the BSS)
broccoli (the plants are pretty tall, but no heads yet)
carrots (not yet, but doing well)
one wimpy tomato plant (of course, no tomatoes yet)
parsley (doing great)
rosemary
basil (struggling with those walking stick bugs and caterpillars)
What croaked was:
asparagus beans
pole beans
snow peas
kabocha squash
oriental cucumber
What's still alive (amazingly with all the rain we've gotten) but not yet producing:
orange tree
lemon tree
lime tree
mountain apple tree
avocado tree
Norway pine (hey, it'll produce Christmas tree-lets!!)
longan tree
tangerine
pua kenikeni (I can hope, can't I?)
purple passionfruit vine (getting HUGE!!)
This is a great thread... helps to know what you all are growing and what's doing well! Thanks, JayJay... oh, btw, how long does it take for lilikoi seeds to germinate (they may have given up the ghost?)...? I tried both kinds (purple and yellow) and was told that at this elevation, only the purple would survive anyway. I seem to have trouble getting some seeds to germinate...maybe too cool.
Katie
Wherever you go, there you are.
So...up here in Eden Roc (approx. 1800' elevation) and just starting things as of October, I have:
mizuna
tatsoi
Black seeded Simpson lettuce (just a few plants survived the rains, but these are amazingly doing rather well...but I did start some Manoa seedlings, too...hope they do better than the BSS)
broccoli (the plants are pretty tall, but no heads yet)
carrots (not yet, but doing well)
one wimpy tomato plant (of course, no tomatoes yet)
parsley (doing great)
rosemary
basil (struggling with those walking stick bugs and caterpillars)
What croaked was:
asparagus beans
pole beans
snow peas
kabocha squash
oriental cucumber
What's still alive (amazingly with all the rain we've gotten) but not yet producing:
orange tree
lemon tree
lime tree
mountain apple tree
avocado tree
Norway pine (hey, it'll produce Christmas tree-lets!!)
longan tree
tangerine
pua kenikeni (I can hope, can't I?)
purple passionfruit vine (getting HUGE!!)
This is a great thread... helps to know what you all are growing and what's doing well! Thanks, JayJay... oh, btw, how long does it take for lilikoi seeds to germinate (they may have given up the ghost?)...? I tried both kinds (purple and yellow) and was told that at this elevation, only the purple would survive anyway. I seem to have trouble getting some seeds to germinate...maybe too cool.
Katie
Wherever you go, there you are.
Wherever you go, there you are.